My Move to Mac Posted on May 14, 2012 As I’ve tweeted recently, I sold out earlier this month and bought a Mac. A Macbook Air to be specific. So why abandon all my years and years of Linux use? Because Apple seems to be the only company making laptops worth buying. I think this is evidenced by the second-hand Macbook market, which is doing quite well. It’s not uncommon to see 2009 model Macbooks being sold with relative ease. The same can’t be said about hardware from other manufacturers; most will leave their users in the dust as soon as they release the next model. People have this idea that Apple hardware is overpriced, but that’s not true. Yes, it’s expensive compared to the throwaway $500 laptops that line the shelves of all the electronic stores, but Apple’s hardware is on another level. What’s more, it holds its value, so 2-3 years down the road when you’re ready to upgrade, that hardware is still worth something. I’ve got a few old laptops kicking around here that’ll tell you that’s not true of other company’s hardware. It wasn’t always this way, mind you, but it definitely is today. Even spending the same or more on a laptop from another company doesn’t give you the same level of quality. Continue reading →
Evernote’s Clearly Posted on February 10, 2012 I just found Clearly, from Evernote, and it’s changed how I read news and blogs. Countless times in the past, I’d follow a link from Hacker News or tweet or whatever to be assaulted by annoying ads and content, tiny, unreadable text, terribly formatting, or sometimes all these and more. With the click of a button, that’s now a thing of the past. Example time! Continue reading →
How NOT to Sell MP3s Posted on March 16, 2009 I recently came across the band 3 on last.fm and absolutely love them. I managed to find all of their albums via torrents, but I thought I would actually buy their stuff since they aren’t on an RIAA label. Their website didn’t help at all and CDBaby didn’t have any of their stuff. I was about to give up when I thought I’d give Amazon a try. Turns out, it was a good idea; Amazon had all of their albums available for sale. But, that’s also where the problem came in. Continue reading →